Slingo Bells Slot Review & Free Demo

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Pros Tips

Slingo Bells can be a fantastic option if you’re looking for a fun low volatility game. But although the initial rounds can be quite affordable, the subsequent spins can get very expensive, very quickly. I suggest comparing the amount you’ve spent with the amount you’ve already won and deciding on the appropriate action.

Slingo Bells Slot Bonus Features

For those of you who aren’t familiar with Slingo games, I’ll give you a quick recap. Slingo essentially mixes classic bingo and video slot mechanics, creating a unique albeit repetitive formula.

The idea here is simple, pick your bet level and hit the Start Game button to play, starting with 11 spins. A bingo ball is picked during every round, with a number being assigned to each reel. If the assigned number is present on that respective reel, it gets marked off. The aim is to mark off vertical, horizontal or diagonal lines. The more lines you clear, the bigger the payout.

Once your initial 11 spins are done, you can collect any rewards you’ve managed to put together or pay for additional spins. Although these may start at lower costs, they can quickly get expensive, so keep your budget in mind, when purchasing additional spins.

Slingo Bells gives you five reels and five rows, filled with all sorts of wonderful Christmas charm. The bingo cage is replaced with a Christmas bauble, housing amber orbs that are activated with each spin. There are 12 paylines or Slingos available with increasingly more rewarding prizes. Rewards start from 1x but can grow up to 1,000x your stake.

Slingo Bells also throws in a few special symbols and features that both help and hinder your progress, as you’ll discover below.

Wilds

Trusty wild symbols can turn out to be absolute life-savers in video slots and they luckily make an appearance here too. Wild symbols can land on any reel, showing up as wrapped presents. Whenever they land, you get to mark off whichever number you like from that respective reel.

The game also comes with super wilds, represented by Santa Claus himself. These enhanced tokens let you mark off any symbol you like, from any available reel.

Landing three or more wild symbols in a single round gives you a wild bonus, which awards you with free spins and an instant cash prize. Super wilds count towards the bonus too and there is no limit to the number of wild bonuses you can get in the game.

X Symbols

Whereas wild symbols help you secure more Slingos, X symbols are simply there to stop you from achieving your goal. They can only show up on the third reel and whenever they do, you cannot mark off any numbers from that middle reel.

So, it might be a good idea to mark off all the third reel numbers as soon as possible (especially if you land super wilds), to minimize the X symbol’s negative effects.

Instant Cash Prizes

You can also land coin symbols instead of numbers on the reels. These give you instant cash prizes that are added to your overall win. Although they can be quite helpful, landing an instant cash symbol means you won’t be able to mark off any numbers from the symbol’s respective reel during that round.

Free Spins

Although there is no free spin bonus in the same way you’d get free rounds in regular video slots, you can still land individual free spins. These show up as blue orbs (as opposed to the regular amber ones) and increase your chances of putting together Slingos without buying additional rounds.

You can either get these through free spin symbols or the wild bonus. There is no limit to the number of free spins you can get. As with instant cash prizes, free spin symbols do not mark any numbers off the reels.

Slingo Bells Slot on Mobile

The game performs quite well on mobile too. I tested it out on my Android phone using a Chrome browser and had a blast playing with the touchscreen controls. The interface does change a bit here and there are a couple of design issues when compared to its desktop counterpart.

First of all, you lose some of the theme’s more immersive aspects, like the bingo cage and some of the background decorations. While this isn’t much of a dealbreaker, I was annoyed by the fact that whereas the desktop version specified the amount I had wagered so far in comparison to the prize I’ve won so far, the mobile version of the game only displays the latter.

Another issue is that the game only works in portrait mode and whenever I tried switching to landscape mode, the interface asked me to turn my device around. Again, this is a minor hindrance but can be an issue for those of you who prefer playing in this mode.

Conclusion

Slingo games rarely ever change the formula, choosing instead to create different iterations that mostly change up the game’s theme. So I felt like Slingo Bells is no different, offering more of the same, with very minor changes.

The feature set is just what you’d expect, with wilds and super wilds being by far the most important of the lot. These tokens can be immensely valuable, especially when they trigger the wilds bonus which combines with the instant cash prizes and free spins.

The math model remains quite similar too and the 1,000x maximum win is immensely lucrative for a low volatility game, especially when the bet levels cap at £100. RTP is set at 95%, which is in line with other Slingo titles and low volatility video slots.

Slingo games have always impressed me with visuals and Slingo Bells is no exception. The game boasts a wonderful Christmas setting with a cosy vibe as well as themed backgrounds and symbols. I have to mention how great the soundtrack is too, helping to immerse you further in the festive mood.

So, Slingo Bells ultimately lives up to the series’ reputation, delivering yet another solid entry with great visuals, win potential and features. Just don’t expect to find anything new or innovative here.